Sunday, October 23, 2011

Soul Mates (Story Sunday)

We'd gotten away clean.

My death grip on the steering wheel eased but I didn't slow, instead,
switching to an empty lane so I could go faster on the dark highway. I'd
expected the police to be chasing us by now and my heart gradually returned to
normal. We'd gotten away!

My eyes went to his face in the passenger seat and I grinned, unable
to believe it was finally happening. We could be together now! I took another
exit at top speed and forced myself to slow and blend into the light traffic as
we crossed the state line. It wouldn't do to draw attention right now.

I patted my lover's hand comfortingly, able to smell his aftershave
and the leather of his coat. He'd played hard to get for a long time, saying he
wanted me but it wasn't right, telling me he loved me, touching me, bringing me
pleasure I hadn't known existed, and then backing away, saying he couldn't
leave his wife. My grin widened. It didn't matter now. She was gone and we
could be together!

I drove smoothly despite my excitement and I couldn't wait to be alone
with him. The things I had planned! I took another look at his face. He was
incredible to me, even in profile. I'd been in love with him for years and the
affair had slowly consumed me until my job and family had faded from view, and
then, The Plan. How could we be together had been the question but I'd answered
it. Now, we were.

The two lane dirt road was full of deep ruts and I was careful not to
let the wagon bounce too much. Always working The Plan, that was me. The
farmhouse was dark and would be cold but it was out of the way and I had my
lover to keep me warm. I parked by the back door and patted his big hand again.

"Wait here for me."

I chuckled as I dug the white tarp out of the back, leaving the blow
gun responsible for my success, and I covered the wagon completely. With a few
dozen shovels of snow on top, it looked like the vehicle hadn't been moved
since before the last winter storm, and I turned my attention to the tire
tracks.

I went all the way to the bottom of the driveway, ignoring the cold
and the screaming of my arms and back. There'd be time to rest later.
Right now, I had to stay on Plan. I worked with careful eyes as I went back to
the wagon, making sure it didn't look like anyone had been here for a long
time. It didn't and the nearest neighbor was an Irish Dog Kennel. They'd never
hear the screams.

I pulled the cellar door up with a grunt and lowered the plank I'd had
to cut twice to make a perfect fit for rolling and sliding things down the
steep stairs. No way he was going to be able to walk it.

I rolled back the tarp on the passenger door and when I opened it, I
smiled comfortingly into his dazed green eyes.

"Don't worry. We'll be safe here."

He mumbled, drooling, and I changed direction, heading for the back
and the blowgun. He couldn't come out of it yet. I still had to get him below,
get him chained, and recover the cellar door with snow. The Plan wouldn't work
if he escaped before learning to love me.

I moved toward him while loading the dart. Things would be just
perfect once he understood we were Soul Mates.

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